Undeterred Sony, according to a Phone Arenareport, will be releasing an Android superphone of its own. The phone is expected to be a large screen design dubbed "Yuga". Some sources say the 1080p display will be 6-inches (making it more of a phone-cum-tablet than a pure phone); others expect it to be a 5-inch 1080p unit.

Most sources point to it packing a quad-core Snapdragon 4 chip from Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM), possibly the APQ8064, paired with 2 GB of DRAM. It is expected to run Android Jelly Bean v1 (4.1.1) out of the box, with an upgraded to the second major version of Jelly Bean (v2) on the horizon.

Of course to get in that discussion Sony will have to beat out other potential challengers like the Droid DNA from HTC Corp. (TPE:2498), which is expected to be the flagship phone on America's largest carrier, Verizon Wireless.

so the dual-core, 4" non-HD screen, 1GB RAM iphone with it's outdated OS is a superphone in the same right as the new wave of quad-core, 720p/1080p screen, 2GB RAM android phones?

i think teh real competition here is the nexus 4, as it offers high-end specs at a mid-level price. sony will have to try to compete with that, and i'm pretty sure it's already eating into galaxy 3 sales. several news sites have reported that the nexus 4 was sold out within hours of its launch.

Don't think of a "superphone" in terms of hardware specs. Think of it in terms of what the phone can do.

A new BB10 device might ship in a few month with a 6 core 5Ghz cpu with 8GB of RAM and a 50 megapixel camera but the thing has 5 apps and can't connect to a BES for email will you call that a superphone?

The app numbers I saw RIM quoting for launch were large enough that most, if not all, apps for old BBs will still run on BB10. RIM's doomed; but please stick to plausible failings when predicting the details.

quote: Don't think of a "superphone" in terms of hardware specs. Think of it in terms of what the phone can do.

exactly; and the iphone with its small screen and outdated OS cannot do what android phones can do. no HD video playback, no widgets, no options for expandable storage (not all android have this, but quite a few do), still no micro-USB...

as far as apps are concerned: every useful app is available on all platforms. no developer limits itself to just apple. the bulk of all other apps, regardless of platform, is fart sounds and wallpapers.

Windows Phone...............+Best basic UI in terms of animated information+Cheaper+Unique body designs (maybe not as slick and minimalist as Apple's, but great from a colorful/poppy standpoint).+Microsoft Office apps

RIM..........+Security+Best physical keyboards+Not much else...

Each platform has some merits from an non-emotional purely technical perspective.

Highly amusing but then the default setting of the phone is not to be locked anyway and the option to alter this is on the same screen as you set the passcode so it's not like it's anything but obvious.

So what?

There is a very good reason you can get to Siri from the lock screen, it's a design choice and a hugely welcome one not to have to unlock the phone every time for me.

Yeah, yeah but let's not allow any facts from a well-respected tech guru get in the way of making up a bunch of stuff to serve the anti-Apple agenda.

Where has this "superphone" shit suddenly appeared from anyway? I'm going to shun your silly superphones and call the iPhone 5 a "ULTRA MEGA PHONE!!!1" thus instantly trumping everything out there with meaningless rhetoric that you cannot possibly counter.

Hey Jason, what do you mean by best apps on android? In the last two years there hasn't been 1 app that I've had available on my iPhone that wasn't also available on any of my friends androids and vise-versa. Do you mean best standard apps ie. maps and YouTube? If that were the case I would agree.

Make any phone (or phablet) gigantic and you'll get amazing battery life due to larger batteries. Compare it with something closer in size like the Galaxy S3 and the differences go the other way, with the iPhone 5 having double the LTE and wifi browsing time.

Hoping that you're being sarcastic, the iPhone 5 is among the smallest smartphones out there. It is thinner than the S3 and is much smaller in height and width. It also weighs much less. The Droid Razr and Note II are gargantuan compared to either of those phones.

The battery does take up a huge portion of it, but that goes for all smartphones. Its all about how much battery you can fit into each chassis.

Gigantic?Not really Galaxy Note 2 is thinner than my current phone Iphone 3GS by quite a significant amount.Screen size is gigantic but some people like that, Reason I am gonna ditch Apple screen is too small to do anything on.